Q1. Which of the following Ships has recently been decommissioned by the Indian Navy after being in service for over 30 years?
(a) INS Karwar
(b) INS Khukri
(c) INS Kakinada
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) Both (a) and (b)
Q2. The Indian Railways has recently decided to float global tenders worth over Rs 100 crore for acquiring EoTT equipment to run 1,000 trains without guards. What does 'TT' stand for in EoTT?
(a) Ticket Training
(b) Train Telemetry
(c) Train Telepathy
(d) Train Telecommunication
(e) Truncated Telepathy
Q3. The government has named Road Transport and Highways Secretary ____________ as its new defence secretary in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle.
(a) Piyush Mishra
(b) Satyam Bansal
(c) SupriyaGangwar
(d) Sanjay Mitra
(e) Mahesh Sen
Q4. In a promising step for Indian basketball, the national Basketball Association (NBA) inaugurated its first ever academy in which of the following city?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Gandhinagar
(e) Greater Noida
Q5. Eminent personality ArjunTulshiramPawar passed away after prolonged illness. He was famous __________.
(a) Writer
(b) Politician
(c) Director
(d) Playback Singer
(e) Sitar Player
Q6. Name the company that has recently became the first US Company to top the $800 billion mark in market capitalization slightly more than two years after it crossed the $700 billion thresholds.
(a) Microsoft
(b) Google
(c) Apple Inc.
(d) Samsung
(e) ASUS
Q7. Name the Retd. Justice of India who was recently elected as the head of International Federation of Association Football governance committee at the 67th Congress in Bahrain.
(a) SumantaRaje
(b) Deepak Saneda
(c) Unmukta Chandra
(d) MukulMudgal
(e) IshantNadda
Q8. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways NitinGadkari launched the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Masala Bond at _______________.
(a) Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany
(b) Shanghai Stock Exchange, China
(c) London Stock Exchange, UK
(d) Italian Stock Exchange, Italy
(e) SWX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland
Q9. In 2017, United Nations International Day of Vesak will be hosted by Sri Lanka under the theme-
(a) Follow Footsteps of Lord Buddha
(b) Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace
(c) The New World TowardsEnlightment
(d) The Teachings of Buddha for Sustainable World Development
(e) None of the given themes are true
Q10. Which of the following city has been named as the world’s most affordable tech city in the new Savills Tech Cities Index 2017?
(a) New York
(b) Beijing
(c) California
(d) Seoul
(e) Bengaluru
Q11. Bahrain is the capital city of _______________.
(a) Hawaii
(b) Pattaya
(c) Manama
(d) Nauru
(e) Rwanda
Q12. LIC Housing Finance launched a new product named ___________ which will offer loans for construction, purchase of the house or flat and repairs or renovation to the existing properties.
(a) GrihaShobha
(b) Griha Siddhi
(c) GharSampanna
(d) Grihasthi
(e) Riddhi Siddhi
Q13. The chief of which of the following Bank has become the first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) SBI
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Allahabad Bank
(e) Syndicate Bank
Q14. Name the player who was recently named as an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), London.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Rickey Ponting
(c) Kiran Morey
(d) Brian Lara
(e) VVS Laxman
Q15. Name the present Chairman of LIC.
(a) AnuoSaroha
(b) VikramJalans
(c) U K Sinha
(d) V K Sharma
(e) Sanjeev Kamath
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Two minesweepers of the Indian Navy INS Karwar and INS Kakinada were decommissioned after being in service for over 30 years. The two ships were bid adieu at a ceremony in the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Railways will float global tenders worth over Rs100 crore for acquiring End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment to run 1,000 trains without guards. This equipment is used to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all coaches/wagons as a complete unit.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The government has named Road Transport and Highways Secretary Sanjay Mitra as its new defence secretary in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. Mitra will take over as the secretary after the present incumbent, G Mohan Kumar, completes his tenure
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. In a promising step for Indian basketball, the national Basketball Association (NBA) inaugurated its first ever academy in Greater Noida. This is latest of the several steps that the National Basketball Association (NBA) the governing body of the game in US has taken to promote the game in India over the past few years.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister ArjunTulshiramPawar passed away after prolonged illness. The leader, who had for many years represented Kalwan, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Nashik district
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Apple Inc. became the first US company to top the $800 billion mark in market capitalization slightly more than two years after it crossed the $700 billion thresholds. The iPhone maker's shares have gained 33 percent this year and almost 50 percent
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Justice (Retd.) MukulMudgal was elected as head of International Federation of Association Football (FIFA’s) governance committee at the world football governing body’s 67th Congress in Bahrain’s capital city of Manama.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways NitinGadkari launched the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Masala Bond at the London Stock Exchange, UK. The NHAI witnessed an overwhelming response from a wide range of investors; some of them were first-timers to participate in a Masala Bond market.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. In 2017, United Nations International Day of Vesak will be hosted by Sri Lanka under the theme “Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace”
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bengaluru has been named the world’s most affordable tech city in the new Savills Tech Cities Index 2017. The Indian technology hub is the most affordable out of 22 cities that were graded on different parameters.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bahrain is the capital city of Manama.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. LIC Housing Finance launched a new product `Griha Siddhi' which will offer loans for construction, purchase of the house or flat and repairs or renovation to the existing properties. Under the new product, borrowers will be offered the interest rate of 8.40% up to Rs 25 lakh and for loans up to Rs 1 crore the interest rate will be 8.50% per annum. For women borrowers, the mortgage lender is offering a special interest rate of 8.35% for loans up to Rs 25 lakh.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. ICICI Bank chief ChandaKochhar has become the first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship.
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Legendary batsman, VVS Laxman was named an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, as he became the fourth Indian to do so. Laxman joins fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and SouravGanguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Chairman of LIC is Vijay Kumar Sharma.
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Two minesweepers of the Indian Navy INS Karwar and INS Kakinada were decommissioned after being in service for over 30 years. The two ships were bid adieu at a ceremony in the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Railways will float global tenders worth over Rs100 crore for acquiring End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment to run 1,000 trains without guards. This equipment is used to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all coaches/wagons as a complete unit.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The government has named Road Transport and Highways Secretary Sanjay Mitra as its new defence secretary in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. Mitra will take over as the secretary after the present incumbent, G Mohan Kumar, completes his tenure
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. In a promising step for Indian basketball, the national Basketball Association (NBA) inaugurated its first ever academy in Greater Noida. This is latest of the several steps that the National Basketball Association (NBA) the governing body of the game in US has taken to promote the game in India over the past few years.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister ArjunTulshiramPawar passed away after prolonged illness. The leader, who had for many years represented Kalwan, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Nashik district
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Apple Inc. became the first US company to top the $800 billion mark in market capitalization slightly more than two years after it crossed the $700 billion thresholds. The iPhone maker's shares have gained 33 percent this year and almost 50 percent
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Justice (Retd.) MukulMudgal was elected as head of International Federation of Association Football (FIFA’s) governance committee at the world football governing body’s 67th Congress in Bahrain’s capital city of Manama.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways NitinGadkari launched the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Masala Bond at the London Stock Exchange, UK. The NHAI witnessed an overwhelming response from a wide range of investors; some of them were first-timers to participate in a Masala Bond market.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. In 2017, United Nations International Day of Vesak will be hosted by Sri Lanka under the theme “Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace”
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bengaluru has been named the world’s most affordable tech city in the new Savills Tech Cities Index 2017. The Indian technology hub is the most affordable out of 22 cities that were graded on different parameters.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bahrain is the capital city of Manama.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. LIC Housing Finance launched a new product `Griha Siddhi' which will offer loans for construction, purchase of the house or flat and repairs or renovation to the existing properties. Under the new product, borrowers will be offered the interest rate of 8.40% up to Rs 25 lakh and for loans up to Rs 1 crore the interest rate will be 8.50% per annum. For women borrowers, the mortgage lender is offering a special interest rate of 8.35% for loans up to Rs 25 lakh.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. ICICI Bank chief ChandaKochhar has become the first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship.
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Legendary batsman, VVS Laxman was named an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, as he became the fourth Indian to do so. Laxman joins fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and SouravGanguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Chairman of LIC is Vijay Kumar Sharma.
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